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Feb 4, 2014gereffi posted a message on Launch Giveaway!My favorite card is Hellrider. With Hellrider, I feel like I finally became a competitive Magic player. I learned to play around Restoration Angel and Supreme Verdict. I learned when to play to my outs, which always seemed to be Hellrider. I learned about consistency, bluffing, holding back, and going all in. It was always the most important card in my deck, and I've never had as many great moments playing Magic as I did when I cast Hellrider.Posted in: Announcements
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I'm looking at two possibilities here:
1UR
+1: Careful Study
-2: "Gain control of target noncreature, nonland permanent." OR "Gain control of target artifact."
Or maybe:
3UR
+1: Draw 3, discard 2.
-2: Gain control of target nonland permanent.
Even for 5 mana though, it could be way too powerful. A Confiscate that only costs 5 and leaves a planeswalker behind could be insane.
4 Temple Garden
4 Mutavault
8 Forest
4 Plains
4 Sylvan Caryatid
4 Voice of Resurgence
4 Courser of Kruphix
3 Witchstalker
4 Eidolon of Countless Battles
2 Boon Satyr
4 Eidolon of Blossoms
4 Mana Bloom
2 Unflinching Courage
1 Primeval Bounty
1 Witchstalker
2 Unflinching Courage
4 Fiendslayer Paladin
2 Mistcutter Hydra
2 Rest in Peace
1 Sphere of Safety
1 Bow of Nylea
1 Collective Blessing
1 Blind Obedience
People complain when a product has no value in it, and then they complain because they can't find any decks with True-Name Nemesis in them for under $75. WotC's solution is to just print most of their "fun" products as just that: fun. There will be a few cards in there that can hold value, but the purpose isn't supposed to be buying them with the intentions of making a profit.
What does green provide you that you couldn't already do in UW?
The first is one near the house I grew up in. I visit when I go home, so I play FNM there 4 or 5 times a year. Things here are OK, but the guy who runs the events can be a little bit annoying. He's disrespectful to what others say, and cares more about himself than the customers. The last time I went there, he stopped the Standard FNM a round early because the draft was done and he wanted to go home.
The second one I go to is near where I am at school. This is a comic book store first and foremost, so they don't have any singles. They run drafts for FNM, but they're poorly run. It's always 4 rounds, and they give whoever is first in the standings something like 2/3 of a pack per head in credit, and second place gets half of that. Instead of having a top 8 or anything like that, they just award the prize to whoever is first in the standings. That means you could go 4-0 and not have any chance to play for the top prize. The store rarely has Constructed events, and when they do the prize payout is terrible. I once went to a $5 Modern event on a Saturday. I got second place and won a deck box. First place got less than half a pack per head. And they wonder why nobody ever shows up for their Constructed events.
The next closest one from school is pretty cutthroat. I actually prefer a competitive environment, but there are a ton of jerks there who can ruin the fun. If you play anything thats not tier one, you'll just get laughed at. If you win, you were just lucky. They used to sell boxes to the Magic club at the school I play at, but they raised their prices from $100 per box to $120, so we stopped going there. A friend of mine also had $50 in credit there, but they told him that they didn't have it in the system and that he'd have to talk with the manager. Probably not going back here for anything less than a PTQ.
The last store that I go to is only about 25 minutes away, but you have to pay a $13 toll on the bridge to Staten Island. I really like playing here. The players are pretty good, but also very nice. The store has tons of singles, and they run Magic events, as well as other types of events, almost every day of the week. The store is clean, and there is tons of room to play. They sell us boxes for $90, which makes us happy. If it weren't for the distance and price of the tolls, I'd go here all the time.